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    Mount Bulusan

    Stratovolcano · 1,535 m · Philippines

    Mount Bulusan
    Photo: Audioboss at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Mount Bulusan sits on the Sunda Plate, in a subduction zone. 26 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 2025. Its major eruptions caused at least 11 deaths.

    Elevation
    1,535 m
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Subduction zone, continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
    Plate
    Sunda Plate
    Country
    Philippines
    Last Eruption
    2025
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    26
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    3
    Known Fatalities
    11

    Nearby Cities

    Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    3,050 BCE95018521886 · VEI 218891892 · VEI 21894 · VEI 21916 · VEI 21918 · VEI 21928 · VEI 21933 · VEI 2 · deadly eruption1978 · VEI 21979 · VEI 31981 · VEI 31983 · VEI 21988 · VEI 21994 · VEI 22006 · VEI 2 · deadly eruption2006 · VEI 2 · deadly eruption2010 · VEI 22015 · VEI 22016 · VEI 22016 · VEI 22017 · VEI 12022 · VEI 22025 · VEI 2 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 3,050 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Deadly Eruption (NOAA) Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata